State Department Sanctions Yemen Terrorist Group, Officials
The State Department said Jan. 10 it will notify Congress of the agency’s intent to designate Ansarallah -- also known as the Houthis -- as a foreign terrorist organization. The agency also designated three of the group’s leaders -- Abdul…
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Malik al-Houthi, Abd al-Khaliq Badr al-Din al-Houthi and Abdullah Yahya al Hakim -- as specially designated global terrorists. The State Department said it will “put in place” measures to minimize the sanctions’ impact on humanitarian imports into Yemen. The Treasury Department will provide humanitarian-related licenses and guidance for certain transactions and activities conducted by both the U.S. government and nongovernmental organizations, State said.